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the mother of four who killed two boys aged 8 and 9 when she ploughed into their classroom is accused of lying about a bottle rolling under her brakes 'because she had her foot on the accelerator'

A woman who crashed her four-wheel drive into a Sydney primary school killing two boys has denied pressing the accelerator instead of the brake.

While the prosecutor said Maha Al-Shennag's evidence was an attempt to minimise her actions, her lawyer referred to the difficulty for her 'to come to terms with the enormity' of what happened.

The 56-year-old widow and mother faced a sentence hearing in the NSW District Court on Friday.

Maha Al-Shennag, 56, (pictured) faced NSW District Court on Friday for a sentencing hearing where she denied pushing the accelerator instead of the brake on her four-wheel drive

Maha Al-Shennag, 56, faced NSW District Court on Friday for a sentencing hearing where she denied pushing the accelerator instead of the brake on her four-wheel drive 

She's pleaded guilty to two counts of dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight-year-old Jihad Darwiche and nine-year-old Andrew Encinas.

The classmates died and others were injured after Al-Shennag's Toyota Kluger entered the carpark before ploughing into a classroom at Banksia Road Public School in Greenacre in November 2017.

The parties have prepared agreed facts, which say Al-Shennag bent down to pick up a water bottle which fell into the footwell before pressing the accelerator instead of the brake.

Al-Shennag told the court she tried to steer the car away from the classroom but it 'fly like an aeroplane' (pictured, the scene of the accident at Banksia Road Public school)

Al-Shennag told the court she tried to steer the car away from the classroom but it 'fly like an aeroplane' (pictured, the scene of the accident at Banksia Road Public school)

But in her tearful evidence, she said she didn't take her eyes off the road and did not bend down.

'I thought the water bottle went under the brake; when I pressed the brake it didn't work,' she said.

While she tried to steer the car away from the classroom, it 'fly like an aeroplane'

Jihad Darwiche, 8, & Andrew Encinas, 9, died after Al-Shennag's Toyota Kluger ploughed into their classroom in 2017

The two young boys died and other classmates were injured after the car ploughed through a classroom (pictured, flowers left at Banksia Road Public school)

The two young boys died and other classmates were injured after the car ploughed through a classroom (pictured, flowers left at Banksia Road Public school)

Prosecutor Monika Knowles referred to her excellent 20-year driving record, submitting she had bent down to pick up the bottle but then pressed the wrong pedal.

'Your foot remained on the accelerator when the car became airborne,' she said.

'No way, no way, no way,' Al-Shennag replied.

She was 'very sad' for those two kids' and 'it is like a nightmare for me' since it happened.

Ms Knowles said the evidence indicated Al-Shennag tried to minimise her actions by not admitting pressing the wrong pedal.

'Her evidence beggars belief that she never took her eyes off the road,' she said.

Al-Shennag's Toyota Kluger entered the carpark before ploughing into a classroom at Banksia Road Public School in Greenacre in 2017

Al-Shennag's Toyota Kluger entered the carpark before ploughing into a classroom at Banksia Road Public School in Greenacre in 2017

But her barrister Luke Brasche said it was difficult for his client to come to terms with the enormity of what happened.

'While some matters she gave evidence about were inconsistent with the agreed facts, it does not detract from the overwhelming evidence that over a period of time which she has expressed remorse.'

He submitted her moral culpability was very low and 'akin to, if not, momentary inattention' when she was distracted by the bottle.

Her family would suffer 'extraordinary hardship' if she were jailed and an appropriate penalty could be an intensive corrections order, which is served in the community.

But Ms Knowles said it was not an appropriate case for a community order, submitting the offending was more than just momentary inattention and involved more than low level moral culpability or distraction.

'She abandoned the proper management of the car.'

Judge Stephen Hanley will sentence her on September 20.

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